THE ASSETS TEST Assets under management Largest registered investment and mutual fund advisers based in N.C. pieDMOnt inVestMent DURHAM assets aDVisOrs llC, 5.6 (BilliOn)

CapfinanCial CeO isaac Green formed firm in ’00 with sumali sanyal and Dawn alston RALEIGH assets paige. piedmont is among the largest U.s. minority-owned managers. partners llC, $173.6 (BilliOn) registered investment adviser owns Captrust, formed in ’89, and now has alUMina inVestMent offices in 15 states. assets grew by 15% in ’15. CeO is fielding Miller. CHARLOTTE assets ManaGeMent llC, 4.1 (BilliOn) BaBsOn Capital Greg Kares, formerly with Carlyle Group and Wells fargo, started ManaGeMent llC, the company in ’12. an ’00 grad of Wake forest, he has a 90% stake. assets CHARLOTTE 158.9 (BilliOn)

Mutual fund adviser is owned by insurer MassMutual of springfield, Wells farGO inVestMent Mass. CeO is tom finke, a former first Union executive. CHARLOTTE assets institUte inC., 3.4 (BilliOn)

the megabank started the research and strategy advisory unit in ‘14 sterlinG Capital and has a 74% stake. Wells fargo veteran Darrell Cronk is president. CHARLOTTE assets ManaGeMent llC, 51.2 (BilliOn) started in ‘70 by Olin nisbet iii. BB&t bought majority stake in ’05 and now HOriZOn inVestMents owns 51% of the firm. alexander Mcalister is president. CHARLOTTE assets llC, 3.3 (BilliOn)

robbie Cannon started the mutual-fund adviser in ‘95 in Columbia, s.C. aMUnDi sMitH He owns 58%. ron saba is head of investment management. DURHAM assets BreeDen llC, 11.8 (BilliOn)

Mutual fund adviser is 56% owned by paris-based amundi, which bought the MOrGan CreeK Capital company in ‘13. formed in ’82, it specializes in fixed-income securities. CHAPEL HILL assets ManaGeMent llC, 3.3 (BilliOn) aOn HeWitt finanCial Mark Yusko, former chief investment officer at UnC Chapel Hill, started CHARLOTTE assets his firm in ’04. He’s known as an advocate of alternative investments. aDVisOrs llC, 11.6 (BilliOn) registered investment adviser is owned by insurance services giant aon Corp., aDHesiOn WealtH which bought Hewitt associates in ’10. Consults with retirement plans. CHARLOTTE assets aDVisOr sOlUtiOns, 2.3 (BilliOn) trey reinhard started the business in ’99; CeO Mark steir joined a year WeDGe Capital later. the company provides back office and other services to wealth advisers CHARLOTTE assets in addition to wealth management. ManaGeMent llp, 11.3 (BilliOn)

Mutual fund adviser formed in ’84, now owned by eight partners. Union trUeBriDGe Capital pension funds make up 26% of clients. assets partners, CHAPEL HILL 2.3 (BilliOn)

GOlDen Capital edwin poston and Mel Williams started the private-equity CHARLOTTE assets company in ’07. it specializes in venture capital investing. ManaGeMent llC, 8.9 (BilliOn) started by Greg Golden and Jeff Moser in ’89, Wells fargo gained a fOrtiGent llC, majority stake in ’11. Golden Capital specializes in quantitative investing. assets CHARLOTTE 2.2 (BilliOn)

GlOBal enDOWMent lpl financial bought the financial adviser for high net-worth CHARLOTTE assets individuals in ‘12. its headquarters moved from Bethesda, Md., in ’15. ManaGeMent llC, 7.7 (BilliOn)

Source: BrightScope.com, N.C. Secretary of State, based on latest fiscal year started by thruston Morton, stephanie lynch and Hugh Wrigley in ‘07. each worked at Duke University’s endowment or the Duke endowment. AUGUST 2016 59 THE ASSETS TEST parseC finanCial ASHEVILLE assets ManaGeMent inC., 1.7(BilliOn) riDGeMOnt partners Bart Boyer started the company in asheville in ‘80. assets it also has offices in southern pines and Charlotte. ManaGeMent llC, CHARLOTTE 2.2 (BilliOn)

Bank of america started the private-equity business in ’93. it spun off BiltMOre faMilY as an independent company in ’10. nine partners own the company. CHARLOTTE assets OffiCe llC, 1.6 (BilliOn) Chris Cecil, great-grandson of Biltmore estate founder George Hatteras fUnDs lp, Vanderbilt, started the company to manage money for wealthy families. assets Other partners include Mark roberts, nikki Gokey and Wayne Gibson. RALEIGH 2.1 (BilliOn)

David perkins started the advisory company in ’03. it specializes in alternative COrrUM Capital investments. perkins co-founded raleigh-based Captrust financial advisors. CHARLOTTE assets ManaGeMent, 1.6 (BilliOn) the hedge fund was started by former Bank of america exec Matt frymier franKlin street in ’12. He is board chairman of the Chicago stock exchange and owns 52%. assets partners include ex-Bofa colleagues Jonathan Mandle and Jason Cipriani. aDVisOrs inC., CHAPEL HILL 2.0 (BilliOn)

robert eubanks founded the firm in ’90. robert newell is CeO; Bill nOVaQUest Capital thompson is president. former iBM exec paul rizzo is chairman emeritus. RALEIGH assets ManaGeMent llC, 1.6 (BilliOn)

the private-equity firm specializing in health care companies was started WestenD aDVisOrs llC, in ’00 by former Quintiles executives ron Wooten, John Bradley, William assets robb and Jonathan tunnicliffe. CHARLOTTE 2.0 (BilliOn)

rob pharr founded the business in ’04. He previously was a etOn aDVisOrs lp, partner at eastover Capital. five partners own the 18-employee firm. CHAPEL HILL assets 1.3 (BilliOn)

COMperiO retireMent CeO robert Mallernee and CiO Jackson parham founded the assets company in ’09. Both previously worked for UBs and U.s. trust. COnsUltinG inC., CARY 1.9 (BilliOn)

former fidelity executive James sotell is managing director and 90% saleM inVestMent owner of the company. it advises sponsors of retirement plans. COUnselOrs inC., WINSTON-SALEM 1.3 assets (BilliOn)

the wealth adviser formed in ’79 and president Dale Brown joined CarrOll finanCial in ’88 after working for Deloitte, Haskins and sells. partner Jeffrey assets Howard formerly practiced law at Kilpatrick townsend & stockton. assOCiates inC, CHARLOTTE 1.7 (BilliOn)

larry Carroll started the business in ’80. His son Kris is chief investment officer. longtime partners include Kelly Graves and Carl Brooks. VerGer Capital assets ManaGeMent, WINSTON-SALEM 1.3 (BilliOn)

DiXOn HUGHes GOODMan Jim Dunn, former chief investment officer at Wake forest ASHEVILLE assets University, started the company, which mainly advises nonprofits. WealtH aDVisOrs llC, 1.7 (BilliOn) the wealth manager owned by the largest Cpa firm based in the DeleGate aDVisOrs llC, southern U.s. has 22 offices from Maryland to florida. Woody assets Hoyle, who is based in asheville, is president. CHAPEL HILL 1.2 (BilliOn)

partners robert Borden and andrew Hart lead the business. Borden paMliCO Capital, is former chief investment officer for south Carolina’s pension fund, CHARLOTTE assets 1.7(BilliOn) where he ramped up hedge-fund and private-equity allocations. the private-equity firm formed in ’88 was spun off by Wells fargo in ‘10. MCGill aDVisOrs inC., the 16-employee firm includes eight partners. longest serving partners assets are eric eubank, Watts Hamrick and scott perper. CHARLOTTE 1.2 (BilliOn) UnC Charlotte graduate robert sytz Jr. and John McGill formed the company in ’99 to provide investment advice to dentists. it is affiliated with Charlotte-based McGill & Hill Group, which advises dental practices. 60 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA